The Apprentice winner Mark Wright has dedicated his big win to his grandfather, who he has described as a huge "inspiration".

The sales manager was revealed as Lord Sugar's new business partner on Sunday night and he has credited his success to the late Cliff Wright, who died of cancer aged 83 while the show was being filmed.

He told the Daily Star: "I'm dedicating this win to him ... There were tears of joy over my win and also of sadness that my grandfather never saw this.

"He was my inspiration. He set up Cliff Wright Motors in Australia which my dad is now CEO of.

"He taught me about business, how to sell and how to make money. I owe it all to him."

He has admitted: "Yeah I think actually as we got closer there were probably two times I doubted it. After the Tesco incident where I had the coughing fit I thought I wasn't going to win.

"And I think as we went through the final I saw how confident Bianca was pitching her leggings and her knowledge and passion for the industry actually started to shake me a little bit because she was so confident in moving forward and I thought, 'She might get it over me here'."

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